Display-rack.



G.'ANDERSON.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23,1911.

Patented Jan. 30,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALKER G. ANDERSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON..

DISPLAY -RAGK.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALKER G. ANDERSON, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to racks for the display of merchandise.

The objects of these improvements are to simplify the construction ofsuch devices upon which goods may be displayed and render them strongand durable in use; and to provide a rack which is readily adjustabledisplayed.

With these and other objects in view, as

will appear hereafter in the following description, the inventionconsists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination ofdevices, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings accompanying this application, Figure l is a sideelevation of a display rack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same, the extended condition of the rack being shown in fulllines while the broken lines indicate the rack when closed; Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section through the extensible bar.

The reference numeral 5 designates a pair of horizontal side railsarranged in parallel. The material comprising said rails may be extendeddownwardly at each end thereof to form leg supports 6 and thenceupwardly to comprise the side frame 7 for holding the goods from lateraldisplacement. Each said rail and respective side frame are formedintegral and provide a relatively strong and rigid construction. A barintermediate said side rails is comprised of elements 8 and 9 which areslidably connected together to afi'ord longitudinal extension thereof.Means for effecting the sliding adjustment of the length of the bar mayconsist in a longitudinal slot 10 in proximity of an end as 8, 9 of eachof the respective elements and a stud 11 between each said slot and theadjacent extremity. Said ends are overlapped and the stud of the oneelement enters the slot of the opposing element while the enlarged head11 of said stud obviates their withdrawal from reciprocal connection.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1911.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

Serial No. 604,114.

Said intermediate bar and parallel side rails are expansively connectedtogether through the medium of parallel motion links 12 which aredisposed in pairs in the form of a V, the apices thereof having pivotalconnections at 13 with the respective bar elements 8 and 9. The oppositeend of each of said links is pivotally connected with aninwardlydirected lug 14 which, in turn, are each rigidly secured to therespective side rails. A plurality of such pairs of connected links aresecured to each bar element with their apices directed toward the outerend 1 of said element and oppositely to those conto the varying widthsand sizes of the goods nected to the companion bar-element. WVhenpressure is exerted upon the side rails the said links acting inparallel motion are thrust in longitudinal directions carrying therewiththe respective bar-element and eifecting the expansion or contraction ofthe length of the intermediate bar while said side rails arecoincidentally expanded or contracted in parallel relation to each otherand said bar.

Among the advantages of the invention is the provision of an extensibleand adjustable rack with the side rails thereof integral and thereforeof stronger and lighter construction than devices for a similar purposewherein such side rails are made telescopic. The provision of anintermediate bar with the side rails connected by parallel motion linksaffords a simple and effective means for lateral adjustment and a strongand relatively flat supporting surface for the reception of the goods.

What I claim, isi A display rack comprising-a pair of verticallydisposed parallel frames each formed from a single bar of material andincluding a longitudinally extending bottom member having dependingends, upright end members having angular lower ends terminating in thedepending ends of said bottom member and forming in connection with saiddepending ends supporting feet, each' of said frames further including atop member merging into the end members and formed with a centraldepending portion, a plurality of inwardly-extending lugs carried byeach of said bottom members, an extensible bar interposed between andparallel with said bottom members, a set of links having I of said linksoperating in an opposite directheir outer ends pivotally connected tothe tion with respect to the other of the links lugs of one bottommember and their inner of each set.

ends pivotally connected to said bar, and a YVALKER Gr. ANDERSON. set oflinks pivotally connected at their outer lVitnesses:

ends to the lugs of the other bottom member I-IoRAon BARNES,

and at their inner ends to said bars, certain E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

